Optimizing Windows Movie Maker To Enhance Writing Competence Of Narrative Texts (An Action Research At Eighth Grade Of Smp Negeri 14 Surakarta, In The Academic Year Of 2010/ 2011)

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Rida Andrik Kusuma Dewi - X2206048 - Fak. KIP

The objectives of the research are (1) to identify whether and to what extent Windows Movie Maker improves students’ writing competence of narrative text and (2) the situation when the windows movie maker is implemented in the writing class.The research was carried out at SMP Negeri 14 Surakarta. It was conducted from March up to April. The method used in this research is a classroom action research. The action research was conducted in two cycles, in which in the first cycle there were three meetings and in the second cycle there were two meetings. Every cycle consists of four steps; planning, implementing, evaluation and reflection. In collecting the data, the researcher used observation, questionnaires, interviews, field notes, photograph and test. The tests were conducted before the action (pre-test) and after the action (post-test). The researcher analyzed the mean score of each test to find out the improvements of students’ writing competence after the action was conducted.To identify whether and to what extent Windows Movie Maker improvesstudents’ writing competence of narrative text and the situation when the windows movie maker is implemented in the writing class, the research findings showwindows movie maker could improve: (1) The students’ writing competence: (a) The students were able to use appropriate vocabulary better; (b) They could make past sentences correctly; (c) They were able to use punctuation correctly in the text; (d) They were able to write a story with more detail information; (e) They were able to use the appropriate diction in their writing (f) They could organize the story better from beginning until the end. They were able to differentiate the generic structure of narrative text; (2) The improvement of classroom situation included: (a) The students were more motivated and confident to write; (b) They were also active to ask questions to the teacher about the difficulties they met (c) Some students discussed actively about the video in their own group (d) During the teaching and learning, the students paid attention to the teacher explanation; (e) The students focused in their task. They just made noise when they were discussing with their friends.This research showed there is improvement in students’ writing competence and situation of the classroom. For that reason, it is recommended that the English teacher should create an enjoyable situation in teaching learning process so that the students can involve actively in class. By using this media, the student will not be bored. Automatically the teaching and learning process can run well and the objectives can be achieved.